Need advice on TV speakers

I'll be getting an HDTV in the next month or two. I'm
leaning towards the 61" Samsung DLP set. Since I'm already
going to have an XBox 360 and other equipment connected, I'd
like to avoid getting a home theater system, and just get
two decent sounding amplified speakers. I read that you
need to connect an amplifier to the audio out of the TV,
and can't simply connect regular speakers. Can you connect
two amplified speakers to the TV? If so, can you recommend
some?

-Thanks

"James Egan" wrote in message
...

Since I'm already
going to have an XBox 360 and other equipment connected, I'd
like to avoid getting a home theater system,


I do not understand this statement.

Because you will have a Xbox and other equipment,
you do not want a amplified receiver and normal speakers?

On Jan 16, 8:02 pm, James Egan wrote:
I'll be getting an HDTV in the next month or two. I'm
leaning towards the 61" Samsung DLP set. Since I'm already
going to have an XBox 360 and other equipment connected, I'd
like to avoid getting a home theater system, and just get
two decent sounding amplified speakers.

I understand your question. These are meant for just what you propose:

"No Receiver? No Problem! For listening to real stereo sound
Audioengine is all you need. If you want awesome speakers for your
portable music player, game console, TV or DVD player but don't want a
bulky receiver/amp hogging up your space, the Audioengine 5 system does
the job."

http://audioengineusa.com/

"James Egan" wrote

... Can you connect two amplified speakers to the TV? If so, can you
recommend
some?

You might want to check out the audio sections of AVS Forum as well CNET
reviews.

James Egan wrote:
I'll be getting an HDTV in the next month or two. I'm
leaning towards the 61" Samsung DLP set. Since I'm already
going to have an XBox 360 and other equipment connected, I'd
like to avoid getting a home theater system, and just get
two decent sounding amplified speakers. I read that you
need to connect an amplifier to the audio out of the TV,
and can't simply connect regular speakers. Can you connect
two amplified speakers to the TV? If so, can you recommend
some?

-Thanks

Most computer stores will have a good selection, some with sub-woofers.

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:20:03 +0000, Gary C wrote:
I do not understand this statement.

Because you will have a Xbox and other equipment,
you do not want a amplified receiver and normal speakers?


Yes, because I have a lot of equipment I'll be connecting,
I don't want an extra amplifier in the fray. Some others
in this thread have already pointed out some amplified
speakers which should work nicely.

"James Egan" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:20:03 +0000, Gary C wrote:
I do not understand this statement.

Because you will have a Xbox and other equipment,
you do not want a amplified receiver and normal speakers?


Yes, because I have a lot of equipment I'll be connecting,
I don't want an extra amplifier in the fray. Some others
in this thread have already pointed out some amplified
speakers which should work nicely.



Oh, OK. Thanks for completely explaining. Good luck.

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:52:27 -0500, James Egan
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:20:03 +0000, Gary C wrote:
I do not understand this statement.

Because you will have a Xbox and other equipment,
you do not want a amplified receiver and normal speakers?


Yes, because I have a lot of equipment I'll be connecting,
I don't want an extra amplifier in the fray. Some others
in this thread have already pointed out some amplified
speakers which should work nicely.

Just check your needs/possibilities regarding volume control.
If your sources (and TV) only have fixed line level audio outputs, you
are expected to adjust the volume with the manual control on those
speakers.
/Jan